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Lou Reed in September 2013?

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Will Dockery

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Sep 6, 2013, 7:47:23 AM9/6/13
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On Friday, May 31, 2013 11:29:21 PM UTC-4, tr...@iwvisp.com wrote:
> Lou Reed, the US songwriter, poet and vocalist with the Velvet
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> Underground, had a liver transplant last month, according to his wife,
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> the musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson.
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> "It's as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don't get it for fun,"
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> said Anderson, who added that her husband was now on the road to
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> recovery following the life-saving surgery.
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> Reed, 71, cancelled a number of concerts in April and had surgery in
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> Cleveland rather than in his native New York due to what Anderson
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> described as the "dysfunctional" hospitals in his home town. She said
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> in an interview with the Times: "I don't think he'll ever totally
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> recover from this, but he'll certainly be back to doing [things] in a
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> few months. He's already working and doing t'ai chi. I'm very happy.
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> It's a new life for him."
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> The couple, above, have been together for more than 20 years but got
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> married in 2008 following a spur-of-the-moment decision while talking
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> on the phone.
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> Anderson, whose 1981 single, O Superman, reached number two in the
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> British charts, spoke of her awe for the operation which saved Reed's
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> life.
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> "You send out two planes – one for the donor, one for the recipient –
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> at the same time. You bring the donor in live, you take him off life
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> support. It's a technological feat.
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> "I was completely awestruck. I find certain things about technology
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> truly, deeply inspiring."
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> Reed surprised fans in New York in March when he appeared at a
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> playback of his seminal album Transformer.
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> Best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the
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> Velvet Underground, Reed has also had a successful solo career
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> spanning a number of decades, producing hits such as Walk on the Wild
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> Side in 1972. Recent collaborations have included a 2011 album with
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> the rock group Metallica.
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> Anderson is due to perform at the Barbican in London this month with
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> the string ensemble, Kronos Quartet.
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> Ray Arthur

I haven't seen any updates on this... anyone know Lou Reed's current health condition?
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